AlmaLinux pushed out a batch of critical security patches for versions 8 through 10. These updates tackle dangerous loopholes inside the core Linux kernel alongside popular utilities like jq, FreeRDP, GIMP, and rsync. You will find fixes for local privilege escalation bugs, remote code execution flaws, and memory corruption issues that could easily trigger service disruptions or unauthorized access. System owners ought to install these important errata right away to keep their networks safe from the newly disclosed threats.

ALSA-2026:A008: kernel security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:A010: kernel security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:16692: jq security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:A009: kernel security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:16482: freerdp security update (Moderate)
ALSA-2026:16195: kernel security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:17533: gimp:2.8 security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:17481: rsync security update (Important)

ALSA-2026:A008: kernel security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-16

Summary:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):
* kernel: net: skbuff: propagate shared-frag marker through frag-transfer helpers (CVE-2026-46300)
* kernel: ptrace: require CAP_SYS_PTRACE when task has no mm (CVE-2026-46333)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-A008.html

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ALSA-2026:A010: kernel security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 10
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-16

Summary:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):
* kernel: net: skbuff: propagate shared-frag marker through frag-transfer helpers (CVE-2026-46300)
* kernel: ptrace: require CAP_SYS_PTRACE when task has no mm (CVE-2026-46333)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-A010.html

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ALSA-2026:16692: jq security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 10
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-16

Summary:

jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar applications allow you to manipulate text.

Security Fix(es):

* jq: out-of-bounds read in jv_parse_sized() on error formatting for non-NUL-terminated buffers (CVE-2026-39979)
* jq: jq: Denial of Service via crafted JSON object causing hash collisions (CVE-2026-40164)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-16692.html

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ALSA-2026:A009: kernel security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 9
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-16

Summary:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):
* kernel: net: skbuff: propagate shared-frag marker through frag-transfer helpers (CVE-2026-46300)
* kernel: ptrace: require CAP_SYS_PTRACE when task has no mm (CVE-2026-46333)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-A009.html

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ALSA-2026:16482: freerdp security update (Moderate)

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AlmaLinux: 9
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Release date: 2026-05-16

Summary:

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. The xfreerdp client can connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows machines, xrdp, and VirtualBox.

Security Fix(es):

* freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of service due to use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-25952)
* freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via double free vulnerability during disconnect (CVE-2026-26986)
* freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via endless blocking loop in Stream_EnsureCapacity (CVE-2026-27951)
* freerdp: FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in bitmap_cache_put via OOB cacheId (CVE-2026-29775)
* freerdp: FreeRDP has an out-of-bounds read in ADPCM decoders due to missing predictor/step_index bounds checks (CVE-2026-31885)
* freerdp: FreeRDP has a division-by-zero in ADPCM decoders when `nBlockAlign` is 0 (CVE-2026-31884)
* freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via crafted audio data in RDP (CVE-2026-31883)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Information disclosure via heap memory out of bounds read (CVE-2026-33985)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-16482.html

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ALSA-2026:16195: kernel security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-16

Summary:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: "Dirty Frag" is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-43284)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-16195.html

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ALSA-2026:17533: gimp:2.8 security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-15

Summary:

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program. GIMP provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, sub-pixel imaging and anti-aliasing, and conversions, all with multi-level undo.

Security Fix(es):

* gimp: GIMP:Memory disclosure and denial of service via specially crafted PCX image (CVE-2026-4887)
* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via XPM File Parsing Integer Overflow (CVE-2026-4154)
* GIMP: GIMP: Arbitrary code execution via specially crafted PSD file (CVE-2026-4150)
* gimp: GIMP: Remote Code Execution via PSP file parsing (CVE-2026-4153)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-17533.html

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ALSA-2026:17481: rsync security update (Important)

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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-05-15

Summary:

The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.

Security Fix(es):

* rsync: Rsync: Use-after-free vulnerability in extended attribute handling (CVE-2026-41035)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-17481.html

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